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In Sickness and in Health
Written by Tom Fries
What role does access to healthcare play in determining the economic success or failure of individuals and nations? Is it possible to bring better health to more people without bankrupting ourselves?
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Hungarian Healthcare: The Myth of the Free Lunch
Written by Daniel Vekony
With Hungary’s joining the EU, the country now faces a previously unforeseen challenge: with the new freedom of movement, it’s not just the Hungarian plumber who’s leaving the country for a better future abroad, but droves of doctors and nurses too in an exodus that has brought the healthcare system […]
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Russia: ‘free’ healthcare down the drain
Written by Masha Egupova
I dread the moment I need to see a doctor in Russia because I know that seeing a doctor in Russia is not a pleasent experience. The prospect of crass bureaucracy coupled with idiotic rules and endless waiting in line forces me to turn around and take the same […]
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A glance at challenges in Uganda’s health sector
Written by Mubatsi
In 2012, Uganda suffered two major hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. First the dread Ebola hemorrhagic fever hit the remote district of Kibaale in the western part of the country. As the country was trying to recover from the Ebola outbreak, another deadly disease, Marburg fever broke out in Kabale in south […]
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North Korea’s Public Health Problem
Written by The Oxonian Globalist
International policy makers should keep in mind the dangers of ignoring the state of the Korean health system.
